John J. Marchi

John Joseph Marchi (20 May 1921-25 April 2009) was a member of the New York State Senate from the 19th district from 1 January 1957 to 31 December 1965 (succeeding Edward V. Curry and preceding William C. Thompson), from the 26th district from 1 January to 31 December 1966 (succeeding Harry Kraf and preceding Whitney Seymour), from the 23rd district from 1 January 1967 to 31 December 1972 (succeeding Irwin Brownstein and preceding Carol Bellamy), and from 1 January 1973 to 31 December 2006 (succeeding Paul Bookson and preceding Andrew Lanza).

Biography
John Joseph Marchi was born in Staten Island, New York City, New York in 1921, and he served in the US Coast Guard in the Atlantic and in the US Navy at Okinawa during World War II. He went on to become a lawyer, and he served in the New York State Senate from 1957 to 2006 as a Republican. Marchi was a fiscal conservative, supporting measures to help New York City recover from its fiscal crisis and near bankruptcy in the 1970s. In 1969, he became the Republican nominee for Mayor, but he lost to Liberal Party of New York candidate John Lindsay. In 1973, he once again ran for Mayor, but he was defeated by Democratic nominee Abraham D. Beame. In 1993, he backed a secession referendum for Staten Island, as he opposed its borough status within New York City. In 2006, he left the State Senate, and he died on a family vacation to Lucca, Tuscany, Italy in 2009.